In this talk I hope to demonstrate that, just as the principle of divine unity illuminates the mind of the Muslim, the principle of loving, merciful compassion (rahma) inspires the heart of the Muslim who is faithful to the Koranic message. One of the ways in which these two principles come together in the Koran concerns the all-embracing unity of divine Revelation: God’s mercy is said to ‘encompass all things’ (7: 156) on the one hand; and, on the other, this mercy is manifested in the magnificent kaleidoscopic phenomenon of universal Revelation, as the truth of God’s reality is disclosed to all human communities, without exception: ‘For every community there is a Messenger’ (10:47). In this talk, this merciful message of the Koran will be explored through the posing of eight questions, and their answer by means of one or two verses of the Koran, answers which allow the Koran to ‘speak for itself’ as regards the universality of its conception of the religious phenomenon.
Leader
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Dr Reza Shah Kazemi
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Dr Reza Shah-Kazemi is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London; Managing Editor of Encyclopaedia Islamica; and author of works in Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion. Among his publications are: Justice and Remembrance: Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali; The Other in the Light of the One: The Universality of the Quran and Interfaith Dialogue;Paths to Transcendence: According to Shankara, Ibn Arabi and Meister Eckhart;Common Ground between Islam and Buddhism foreword by H.H. The Dalai Lama).
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